Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris continue their assault on Babe Ruthās single-season home run record
With back-to-back homers in the top of the first at Fenway Park, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris continue their assault on Babe Ruthās single-season home run record. The gameās decisive hit, however, is a pinch-hit grand slam by Johnny Blanchard with two-out in the ninth-inning which propels the Bronx Bombers past the Red Sox, 11-8.